Rachel Whitear's dad may sue police

The parents of heroin victim Rachel Whitear may sue police after a report found serious failures in their investigation.

The parents of heroin victim Rachel Whitear may sue police after a report found serious failures in their investigation.

Rachel, 21, was found slumped holding a syringe in her bedsit in Exmouth, Devon, in 2000.

No postmortem test was carried out and police said her death was not suspicious. Devon and Cornwall Police was slammed for not following up leads in a 35-page report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

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The police investigation into the heroin death of Rachel Whitear suffered a “general organisation failure” resulting in potential lines of inquiry not being followed up, an official report revealed today.